Biography

Larranaga earned a B.S. in Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1970 and an M.S. in Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1979. His professional experience includes being the owner of Del Cuero Ranching. He served in the United States Army from 1961-1963.[1]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Larranaga served on the following committees:

Issues

Transparency advocacy

In 2007, Larranaga introduced House Bill 554, which attempted to appropriate $500,000 for the state "Department of Finance and Administration to establish a searchable taxpayer transparency web site that provides the public with information about state revenues and expenditures." The website would have also made public the results of annual and special state audits.[2]

This bill was referred to three house committees for consideration, the House Taxation and Revenue Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House Appropriations and Finance Committee. However, the bill was "postponed indefinitely" in the House Taxation and Revenue Committee. It never reached the other two committees for consideration, nor was it ever delivered to the chamber floor for a debate or vote.[3]

2008

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Larranaga is available dating back to 1994. Based on available campaign finance records, Larranaga raised a total of $225,648 during that time period. This information was last updated on May 24, 2013.[10]

Scorecards

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Because scorecards can be specific to particular issues or general to a state’s legislative term, for example, each report should be considered on its own merits. Each entity that publishes these reports uses different methodologies and definitions for the terms used.